According to sunnewsonline ,Senate spokesman, Enyinnaya Abaribe said at the weekend that the Supreme Court cannot stop the National Assembly from performing its legislative duties as far as the process of amending the 1999 Constitution is concerned. Abaribe was reacting to an order of the apex court issued last week, which DIRECTED the National Assembly to maintain the status quo in its bid to amend the Constitution. The order followed a suit by the Federal Government. He said the lawmakers have a duty to perform under the Constitution.
The Federal Government dragged the National Assembly to the apex court following the decision of President GOODLUCK Jonathan to veto the Fourth Alteration Bill to the 1999 Constitution, which was presented to him. The President raised a number of issues including the failure of the lawmakers to produce evidence that it secured the mandatory four-fifth majority in amending Section 9 of the Constitution.
But the lawmakers had planned to overturn the President’s veto after a review by the Constitution Amendment Committees of the two chambers. Abaribe said yesterday that the Supreme Court was wrong to stop the lawmakers in the performance of their legislative duties.
“The Supreme Court is wrong. The law does not allow one arm of the government to stop another arm from performing its duties. The Supreme Court cannot stop us from legislating and if they say that the Supreme Court is stopping us from making laws, it is misleading and it amounts to misreading the POWERS of the Supreme Court,” Abaribe said.
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